Indiana girls high school basketball team loses game 107-2; Is this OK? (poll, comment)

First-year basketball coach Ebony Jackson talks to her team Wednesday at Arlington High School after Tuesday's 107-2 loss to Bloomington South. (Robert Scheer/The Star)

Even looking at the scoreboard, you wouldn't believe it.

But on Tuesday night in Indiana, Bloomington South defeated Arlington High School in girls basketball 107-2.

Instead of talking about who played well and who didn't the night before, Wednesday was spent fielding media requests from all over the country, according to The Indianapolis Star.

Did Bloomington run up the score? Where is the sportsmanship? Is this appropriate in high school athletics? Are Arlington coaches and players mad? Does the state need a mercy rule?

According to the report, Arlington players said they held no ill will toward Bloomington South and its coach Larry Winters. They said they disagree with calls for Winters to be fired.

First-year Arlington coach Ebony Jackson said she respected Bloomington South's program but was disappointed with Winters.

"No, it's not OK, but he will have to live with that," Jackson told The Star. "If that's how they want to carry themselves, that's fine. I'm focused on me and mine, and we'll just keep going."

According to The Associated Press, Chris Kaufman, the assistant commissioner for the Indiana High School Athletic Association, said "we don't want to see anything this one-sided" and that most schools try to avoid such a blowout result. There is no "mercy rule" in Indiana.

Winters said he wasn't trying to embarrass Arlington, which has lost 23 straight. According to The Star, he had nine players and rotated four new players in every four minutes.

"I didn't tell my girls to stop shooting because that would have been more embarrassing (to Arlington)," said Winters, who is in favor of a mercy rule.

Arlington's points came on free throws in the second and third quarters.
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